I just went to the UK, due to see the emergency, and the situation is really urgent, soon there will be a nurse to give me a bed in the emergency room, draw blood and bury the needle to play the IV, a one-off. And the advantage of having a bed lying down is that you don't have to move, do all the tests, there will be a nurse to push you to and fro, you can lie down at ease on the good.
But from the time I entered the emergency room to see the doctor, or a full seven or eight hours past. The doctor told me that he would not operate until tomorrow, when exactly? Don't know. Then the next morning, I was wheeled into the operating room, put under general anesthesia, and passed right out. The point is, I didn't even know that this surgery required general anesthesia, and it was the first time in my life that I had general anesthesia, and I was a little bit scared when I thought about it later ......
So when I woke up, the surgery was already done, and I was pushed to the ward, and the wards in the UK are actually not categorized according to the department, but according to the men and women! This is so convenient! Not yet to the meal time, the nurse aunt, yes, that is, aunt asked me to eat ice cream, in fact, I was confused, in the country have never seen the hospital to the patient just after surgery to eat ice cream ah? So once suspected that I heard wrong, until that lovely aunt really took two small Haagen-Dazs to me ......
Shocked is still in the back, dinner time, the aunt came to ask me again, what do you want to eat at night. Gee, does this hospital actually take care of meals? I said I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to eat, and then she brought over a very elaborate menu and said I could order. Flattered, I asked uneasily, are these all free? Auntie told me with a smile, as long as you enter the hospital, eat, drink, and take care of all free Oh, including your surgery, infusion, medication, all free Oh!
So from that day on I lived in the hospital to eat and drink, three times a day in the afternoon and afternoon tea drink days. The only drawback is that the hospital can not be accompanied by someone at night, slightly lonely. The English grandmother in the opposite bed was forcing herself on me, but after realizing I wasn't enthusiastic, she moved on. After five days, the doctor said I could be discharged, and I was a little upset? Then I just went to the walk-in center near my home every day to change my medication.
See here, is not think the British hospital is not bad? I'm not sure if it's a good idea to go to a hospital in the UK, but it's a good idea to go to a hospital in the UK. I've been to the hospital again because I'm not feeling well, and I've had the experience of going straight to a big hospital. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to get out of this one, but I'm going to have to go back and see if I can find a way to get out of this one.
GP (General Practitioner) is to go to the United Kingdom everyone has to register the community doctor, in theory, there are any problems should look for him, and then he can look at the see, can not be recommended to the big hospital. Okay, so I ran back to my school's student health center, registered for a GP, and after that went to make an appointment. Right! You need to make an appointment for everything in the UK, and you need to make an appointment in advance to see a GP. The walk-in centers mentioned earlier are the kind of clinics that don't require an appointment, but usually there is a long queue.
I made an appointment to see the GP on the spot, and the doctor asked some basic questions, and initially concluded that I was under too much stress, and that I should go back and rest more and exercise more, and then I would be fine. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it," he said. The doctor said he didn't have the equipment to do that, and that if I wanted to get a blood sample or an EKG, I would have to make an appointment elsewhere, and then he gave me a guide on how to make an appointment and sent me on my way.
In fact, my experience has been good. I've seen a lot of patients in the emergency room with bleeding heads, but I'm still sitting there waiting. There are students with acute gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhea are out of shape, the doctor or just let go back to rest and supplement some vitamin C, and toothache appointments on the dentist every day to eat painkillers. It is because the British public **** medical care is free, so only the resources and opportunities to the people who really need it, there will not be the slightest waste. So go to the UK to study partners, we must insist on exercise, nothing to prepare some commonly used drugs, especially colds, fever, diarrhea class, really very practical da!
Why is Echo able to enjoy free UK healthcare?
Because nowadays when you go to study in the UK, you need to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) when you apply for a visa. International students staying in the UK for six months or less need to pay 75 pounds, and those staying for more than six months need to pay 150 pounds per year. After paying the surcharge, international students in China will have access to the same national healthcare services as UK permanent residents.